MONSTERSOCKEN

One of our S&B members turned me on to this site, Monstersocken which shows the latest craze in sock knitting.

From what I understand, you use all your odds and ends to knit up socks. The point is as varied and frenzied, and most important, as un-matching as possible for the pair of socks.

Here I thought I was being all wild and carefree by having mismatched toes on the socks.

Knitting Rap Song

It's a rap song about knitting - really! (It reminds me of Weird Al Yankovich.)

A friend's daughter found it online and passed it on to my friend. A hilarious MP3 that takes off on a rap song that was popular a few years back. Mike Bryant's Knitta Please - scroll down toward the bottom, look to your right, there are MP3 downloads (free). Click on "Knitta Please".

Sample of the lyrics:
My knitters in the back click-clack/we're gonna take the craft fair back... it's got me in stitches and purls/it's a knitter's world... hold your needles in the air/let me see your new mohair!

Wine & Knit VI - Hootenanny!

Ha! Fooled you, you thought we were at a hoe-down, didn't you? Far from it - we gathered at the Phoenician Cafe on West Locust (just past St. Ambrose) in Davenport. We were fortunate enough to sit under the tent:



The S&B chicks: Jeanne, myself, Claire, Linda, Ann, Seneca (my daughter), and Brenda (Karen was our photographer for the evening).




Linda showed us her most recent baby sweater for a friend:




Our hosts & chefs, Dani and Samar Halabi, couldn't have been more gracious and talented in the kitchen if they tried! I mean, look at what remained of our meal (served family style).






Our meal was an incredible mix of all things Lebanese. We had beef, lamb and chicken; cauliflower, broccoli and zucchini; falafel; pita with hummus and baba ghannouge. All fresh, hot and wonderfully seasoned and cooked! Some of us followed the meal with tea and Claire had the espresso type coffee. My daughter, Linda and I managed to taste the baklava (divine!).

Oh! But wait! It wasn't all about the knitting and eating at the Phoenician Cafe, oh no... There was dancing involved:











Yes, my daughter was swinging it whenever the opportunity arose to dance, and keeping Ann company the second time around.

Our lovely dancers and the bellydancer for the evening (who was so gracious, funny and encouraging).




And the group, after the event:





Many thanks to Linda (for making the reservations) and to Karen (for taking the photos) for your help during W&K VI!